The Easy Way chords and lyrics - DAR WILLIAMS

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]I knew a guy,
[F]I thought he was my first love
But he [C]had to decide [F]between
me and the one before
And [C]she stacked it all up,
[F]like a house of cards
Said [G]if he [C]didn't come back,
he'd find [F]her flattened on the floor
And [G]though I went

[Verse 2]
[Dm]and lived
in my own hell
[F]Thought that I could die as well
I [Dm]let him go where he thought
he had [F]to go

[Verse 3]
'Cause [C]I never [F]took heavy
words for granted
And [C]I never [F]took undeserved advantage
No, I nev[Am]er took t[F]he easy way
So [Am]why don't you [Dm]take it
a little easy on me now?
[F]

[Verse 4]
[C]Out on the road, [F]I had so many questions
I thought [C]I would explode
[F]just for some attention
Like [C]an acolyte,
I saw [F]the flames of towering tapers
[C]Almost proselytized by
[F]those gleaming piles of paper
Yeah, [Dm]I watched

[Verse 5]
the power huddles
And their coat[F]s draped over puddles
And their trust [Dm]me, baby,
I'm the one you [F]need

[Verse 6]
But [C]I never [F]took heavy words for granted
And [C]I never [F]took undeserved advantage
No, I nev[Am]er took the e[F]asy way
So [Dm]why don't you take it a little
easy on me now?
[F]

[Verse 7]
'Cause we don't [Am]want to be the ones
To lie [Dm]and cheat and s[C]lander
So we [Am]hold each other up to
[Dm]the [G]higher standard[C]
But I'll tell [Am]you what,
I'll never [Dm]try to [G]make i[C]t hard
?Cause when you're [Dm]hard
just to be hard
The only [F]thing that's hard is you

[Verse 8]
So [C]here's what I took,
[F]I kept the wine and laughter
Until [C]every path just grew
[F]up and ever after
Through [Dm]the peaks and twisty canyons
I [F]made many great companions
Best of [Dm]all is the one who loves
me like [F]you do

[Verse 9]
'Cause [C]I never [F]took heavy
words for granted
And [C]I never [F]took undeserved advantage
No, I nev[Am]er took the e[F]asy way
So why don't you [Dm]take it a little
easy on [F]me now?

[Verse 10]
'Cause [C]I never [F]took heavy
words for granted
And it's much [C]too late [F]to even
want the shortcut
Yeah, I nev[Am]er took t[F]he easy way
So you can [Dm]take it a little
easy on [F]me now
'Cause we know that [Dm]easy's
never easy any[F]how
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